Clinical Value of Homeopathic Assessment and Treatment for Prophylaxis of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil1 site in 1 country46 target enrollmentNovember 2011

ConditionsSymptomatic Urinary Tract Infection Spinal Cord Injury

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infection
Sponsor: Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil
Enrollment: 46
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: number of symptomatic urinary tract infections
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 2 years ago

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Overview

Brief Summary

recurrent symptomatic urinary tracts infections (UTI) in persons with spinal cord injury are a frequent problem, leading to significant morbidity and to a decreased quality of life.

until today, there is no effective prophylaxis for UTI for patients with spinal cord injury.
homeopathy has been shown to be an effective treatment option in several chronic diseases
study hypothesis: the addition of homeopathic assessment and treatment to a standard prevention strategy for recurrent UTI will significantly reduce the number of symptomatic UTI per year in this group of patients compared to standard prevention alone

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

November 2011

End Date

October 2016

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel